Conversion to Christianity (Pocket)
avRobert W. Hefner
ISBN: 9780520078369 - UTGIVEN: 1993-02One of the most striking developments in the history of modern civilizations has been the conversion of tribal peoples to more expansively organized "world" religions. There is little scholarly consensus as to why these religions have endured and why conversion to them has been so widespread. These [...]
Political Economy of Mountain Java, The: An Interpretive History (Övrig)
avRobert W. Hefner
ISBN: 9780520082694 - UTGIVEN: 1993-05-12A rich and sensitive portrait of a changing peasantry, this study is also a general inquiry into the nature of status, class, and community in the developing world. Robert Hefner presents an analysis designed to bridge the gap between village studies and social history. He describes the forces that [...]
Civil Islam: Muslims and Democratization in Indonesia (Övrig)
avRobert W. Hefner
ISBN: 9780691050478 - UTGIVEN: 2000-08-07"Civil Islam" tells the story of Islam and democratization in Indonesia, the world's largest Muslim nation. Challenging stereotypes of Islam as antagonistic to democracy, this study of courage and reformation in the face of state terror suggests possibilities for democracy in the Muslim world and be[...]
Schooling Islam (Pocket)
avRobert W. (EDT) Hefner, Muhammad Qasim (EDT) Zaman, Robert W. (EDT) Hefner
ISBN: 9780691129334 - UTGIVEN: 2006-12Since the Taliban seized Kabul in 1996, the public has grappled with the relationship between Islamic education and radical Islam. Media reports tend to paint madrasas - religious schools dedicated to Islamic learning - as medieval institutions opposed to all that is Western and as breeding grounds [...]
Muslims and Modernity (Inbunden)
avRobert W. (EDT) Hefner
ISBN: 9780521844437 - UTGIVEN: 2009-10Unparalleled in its range of topics and geographical scope, the sixth and final volume of The New Cambridge History of Islam provides a comprehensive overview of Muslim culture and society since 1800. Robert Hefner's thought-provoking account of the political and intellectual transformation of the M[...]
